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Home » Back Pain Can The Alexander Technique help with Chronic Back Pain Management? Is the Alexander Technique effective for chronic back pain management? This is a question I often hear as an Alexander Technique teacher. Can the Alexander Technique help with chronic back pain management, can the Alexander Technique help with chronic neck pain management, can the Alexander Technique help with chronic low back pain management? My very short answer is yes. The Alexander Technique teaches you a way to move or sit in ways that set the conditions wherein your back can help heal itself. The Alexander Technique helps you to stop causing your own pain. It’s actually kind of simple and logical. What sets the Alexander Technique apart from chiropractic, acupuncture and massage therapy for chronic back pain management?  You don’t ‘do’ the Alexander Technique once or twice per week. You practice the Alexander Technique as you live your life, as you do all your everyday routines. It occurs to me that the term chronic back pain management can be thought of in a few ways. Chronic means continuing for a long time, constant, habitual, persistent, permanent, or lasting. What if we break up the term chronic back pain management differently? What if we think of it as chronic…back pain management? This would change it’s meaning to long-lasting back pain management, or habitual back pain management. This sounds like the Alexander Technique almost exclusively. The Alexander Technique for the habitual management of back pain! Join in the discussion. Have you used the Alexander Technique for chronic back pain management? Do you personally know anyone who’s used the Alexander Technique for neck or back pain? Can you think of other ways to get the ‘chronic’ out of chronic back pain? Mark Josefsberg-Alexander Technique NYC Mark@MarkJosefsberg.com (917) 709-4648 Related posts: How Is The Alexander Technique Used For Lower Back Pain? Poor Posture Increases Pain Sensitivity Alexander Method for Back Pain Relief Alexander Technique Neck Pain Stress Alexander Technique for Back Pain, The Alexander Technique for Neck Pain.